SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since Occupy encampments were dismantled last fall were planned for May Day, a change from recent years when protests on the international workers' holiday focused on immigrant rights.
From New York to San Francisco, organizers of the various demonstrations, strikes and acts of civil disobedience said they are not too concerned about muddling the message, noting that the movements have similar goals: jobs, fair wages and equality.
"There has been a growing understanding that both movements cared for the other, and that both movements were part of the 99 percent," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles.
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